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(43) Date of publication: 04.10.2023 Bulletin 2023/40 (21) Application number: 21895996.3 (22) Date of filing: 23.11.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G16B 40/00(2019.01) G16B 30/00(2019.01) G16B 20/00(2019.01) G16B 35/20(2019.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): G16B 40/00; G16B 35/20; G16B 20/00 (86) International application number: PCT/CA2021/051666 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/109726 (02.06.2022 Gazette 2022/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 24.11.2020 US 202063117496 P (71) Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 (CA) The James Hutton Institute Dundee DD2 5DA (GB)

(72) Inventors: JEFFERIES, Wilfred Surrey, British Columbia V3S 9S8 (CA) RIBECA, Paolo Edinburgh EH9 3EL (GB) (74) Representative: AWA Sweden AB  Box 5117 200 71 Malmö 200 71 Malmö (SE)